Scratch built models

[petrolhead]

Found this on another forum they say these are scratch built I'm trying to get info to see if he can make a Beddie

[BusyKiwi]

I'm doing a couple at the moment

One I am making is a 1:20 ish scale van made from sheet plastic, have done a side and back so far
sadly no photos as have packed all my modeling stuff away ready for the big move
Been busy making my new model room at new place, 3m x 3m am having spray booth, resin moulding section and build up places as well as lots of cabinets.

the way I did the van was curve the plastic sheets a bit then glue another sheet to it to hold it, as for the corners etc glue lots of bits together and sand down with trusty dremel. Is starting to use a lot of plastic sheet so am using a bit of bog to build bits up and hope to do some moulds. Plan is to do a van drive in under the glass work top. long term project

[petrolhead]

Anybody got access to one of those 3D computer printers where you take a heap of pic's of something then the computer deciphers them and prints out a 3D model, some Architects have them. I love the Coca Cola Easy Roller Freedom Machine with the Vancraft nose anybody else?

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey petrol, you will find those printers in britton and the usa, if you are looking for that technology here, forget it, it will be years b4 we see that. In england you can actually send your image to a company and they will do it for you. I would suggest getting some of the pommy members from here to do it for us, and we pay them. Short of that i would suggest dragging out a block of wood and carving knife. lol

george

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey busy, have you thought about heat to bend your plastic. I am sure there is a tool we have here with varible heat, just hold the plastic on the choice of head, bend to the contour, hold till it cools and stays. Not sure where you buy it or the name, would be quick and minimal sanding and bog.

george

www.kamweld.com

[BusyKiwi]

I tried heat the first time (has been many lessons in building this), problem is the body line on the curve, once you start sanding the plastic gets very thin and looses it's strength.

A hair dryer will do it

[hotrod]

Hey petrol, you will find those printers in britton and the usa, if you are looking for that technology here, forget it, it will be years b4 we see that. In england you can actually send your image to a company and they will do it for you. I would suggest getting some of the pommy members from here to do it for us, and we pay them. Short of that i would suggest dragging out a block of wood and carving knife. lol

george

there's plenty of places locally (Technology park , Browns Plains for 1) saw them in action in about 98 (they also had a vat of resin, had a laser do it's thing and then they pulled out a resin inlet manifold)
they are even trying to get the printers into schools ATM but proving expensive to purchase and operate and very time consuming
about 3 weeks ago at a demo a guy made a pyramid (same shape as 8 matches glued together) about the size of a golfball, cost $10 in materials alone. Multilpy that by a class full of kids and OMG it would cost a fortune to keep it going

[Bedfordcrazy]

depending on size, the printers start at about quarter of a million dollars each, just for the printer. It's like this though, here in oz we will be the last to see them in use here, oz is always backwards when it comes to technology. oh well.

george

[hotrod]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Makerbot-Replicator-TWIN-3D-Printer-reprap-Print-ABS-PLA-plastic-filament-/140860292168?pt=AU_PRINTERS&hash=item20cbed7c48

[taggraphx]

My son saw these 3D printers working at the experamental engineers show at Monash on the weekend, he was given two samples of what they can do, I did'nt belive him untill he showed me his video on his Ipad, absolutly unbelivable, there was quite a few there and cost between 2-3 thousand dollors, depending on size, and that was including the softwear, imagine downloading your part online and printing it out on your own printer, real jetson's stuff,
Takes a lot to impress me, but this blows me away